The 2000 season of the Torneo Descentralizado was the 85th season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). It was played by 12 teams. The national champion was Universitario.Universitario y un tricampeonato monumentalUniversitario de Deportes: la colosal celebración del tricampeonato un día como hoy hace 20 años2000: Tri monumental
Competition modus The national championship was divided into two tournaments, the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. Each was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each would play for the national title in a play-off, but since the same club had won both tournaments, it automatically won the national championship.
Following-season Copa Libertadores berths went to the champion, as well as to each of the half-year tournament's runners-up, who held a play-off as a formality to decide the overall season runners-up. The bottom team on the aggregate table was relegated, while the eleventh place team held a promotion play-off against the winner of the Segunda División (Second Division).
Teams Before the start of the season, Deportivo Pesquero relocated from Chimbote to Huancayo and changed its name to Deportivo Wanka. Team changes Promoted from1999 Copa Perú Relegated from1999 Primera División Deportivo UPAO I.M.I. Stadia locations
Team City Stadium Capacity Alianza Atlético Sullana Campeones del 368,000 Alianza Lima Lima Alejandro Villanueva35,000 Cienciano Cuzco Garcilaso 42,056 Deportivo Municipal Lima Nacional 45,750 Deportivo UPAO Trujillo Mansiche 24,000 Deportivo Wanka Huancayo Huancayo 20,000 Juan Aurich Chiclayo Elías Aguirre 24,500 Melgar Arequipa Mariano Melgar 20,000 Sport Boys Callao Miguel Grau 15,000 Sporting Cristal Lima San Martín de Porres 18,000 Unión Minas Cerro de Pasco Daniel Alcides Carrión8,000 Universitario Lima Monumental80,093
Torneo Apertura Standings
Results
Torneo Clausura Standings
Results
Final stages Final No final for the championship title was contested after Universitario won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, thus automatically becoming national champions.
Second place play-off
Aggregate table
Promotion/relegation play-off The promotion/relegation play-off was a two-legged series played by the team placing 11th in the 2000 Primera División, Deportivo UPAO and the 2000 Segunda División champion Deportivo Aviación.
Deportivo UPAO remained in Peruvian Primera DivisiónUPAO would sell their first division spot to Sport Coopsol before the 2001 season.
Top scorers
37 goals Eduardo Esidio (Universitario) 19 goals Luis A. Bonnet (Cienciano) 15 goals Roberto Holsen (Alianza Lima) 13 goals James Angulo (Sport Boys) 12 goals Piero Alva (Universitario) Carlos Juárez (Sporting Cristal) Sergio Ibarra (Deportivo Wanka)
Notes
See also 2000 Peruvian Segunda División 2000 Copa Perú
References
External links Peru 2000 season Details on RSSSF